NYSC members during a parade Still a member of the National Youth Service Corps with some weeks left to go, I've had quite the experience. Most of the places of primary assignments often gift corp members large accommodation, and this was one of them. We were given a 3-bedroom apartment despite being only two of …
CORPER, DON’T FOLLOW ANY FEMALE INDIGENE
NYSC members in a parade (Corpers) "Corpers, never follow any female indigene of this village. If you must follow your fellow corpers." This was the warning we were given when we arrived our PPA as members of the mandatory National Youth Service Corps. The advice had been sounded long before our arrival to the PPA …
IS HER ‘COOKIE’ A DETERMINANT OF HER WORTH?
MATILDA DIKIBO Some decades ago, the virginity of a woman was her worth and a determinant of her value. She was seen as a precious jewel by her rightfully wedded husband. The virginity of a woman is her pride and dignity. It's something that a woman should treasure and shouldn't let go just to anyone. …
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RAPE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability or is below the legal age of …
MYTH OR FACT: DO THE TIV PEOPLE OFFER SEX AS A FORM OF HOSPITALITY?
Hannah Ejiomofor Please pardon me for being a wild thinker (laughs). I’ve heard a lot of things since my twenty years on earth but the most sexiest to me is that of the Tiv hospitality tradition. Wow! its quite funny for real. Ever since I heard of it, the only thing I could picture is …
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3 GUYS, ONE LADY, ROOMMATES; THE INTERVIEW! (THE SEQUEL)
Ibinabo Sekibo After reading the first part (the previous blog post), many readers kept on clamouring for the second part of it. And so, here is it. THIRD ROOMMATE: SOPHIE Host: Hello, good evening; I am Sekibo Ibinabo. A lot of persons today, want to know what it is like having Co-Ed roommates; and so …
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3 GUYS, ONE LADY, ROOMMATES; THE INTERVIEW!
Ibinabo Sekibo The prospect of people of the opposite sex living together in a room isn't quite much of a thing. But when its people who are not related romantically or by family, that's when it becomes a thing. On the blog today, we have our guests: Sophie (the lady), Honour, Emmanuel and Paul Kay; …
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THE MUTED CHILD
Ibinabo Sekibo A controversial statement to call one who was pregnant, a virgin; but then, I don’t know how I would have classified this young lady. Well,I remember moving in to this new apartment with my boyfriend and amongst the judgmental stares I got from those already living in that environment; one stood out the …
OLA, THE PREGNANT VIRGIN
"Ola, pregnant?" I asked in disbelief. "Do you even know Ola?", I asked Vera. "I know Ola now, Ola is the younger sister of Onyinye", she replied me whilst laughing. Vera was my friend of eight years now; we had all worshipped in the same church. She was my teenage crush who enjoyed my company …
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